Grandison · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Grandison in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Grandison registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (2) and Tarrant County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, South Carolina and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1859.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Grandisons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Grandison registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
2
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1859
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Grandisons registered

Texas counties where the Grandisons registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County267%
Tarrant County133%

Where the Grandisons were born

Birthplaces the Grandisons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama133%
South Carolina133%
Virginia133%

When the Grandisons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Grandisons
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
1
1860s
2

Every Grandison in the register

The Grandisons in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Charles GrandisonAustin CountyVirginia1865
Cuffy GrandisonAustin CountySouth Carolina1859
Jesse GrandisonTarrant CountyAlabama1863

Grandison genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Grandison in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 2 of the 3, Tarrant County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Grandisons in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (1), South Carolina (1) and Virginia (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Grandison?

Austin County (2), Tarrant County (1). In all, 3 registered across 2 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Grandison appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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